Taylor County, Texas — public water systems

19 active public water systems serve Taylor County, reporting 168K people served.

Dataset updated July 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO, refreshed quarterly.

Active systems

Population served

168K

Community systems

Groundwater share

10.5%

Water systems in Taylor County

Active public water systems in Taylor County, Texas
#	Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
1	City of Abilene	Taylor	125,182	Community	Surface water
2	Steamboat Mountain WSC	Taylor	8,178	Community	Purchased surface water
3	Potosi WSC	Taylor	7,413	Community	Purchased surface water
4	Dyess Air Force Base	Taylor	7,183	Community	Purchased surface water
5	City of Merkel	Taylor	3,573	Community	Purchased surface water
6	Sun WSC	Taylor	3,420	Community	Purchased surface water
7	View Caps WSC	Taylor	2,928	Community	Purchased surface water
8	Hamby WSC	Taylor	2,082	Community	Purchased surface water
9	Tuscola-Taylor County Wcid 1	Taylor	1,890	Community	Purchased surface water
10	City of Buffalo Gap	Taylor	1,502	Community	Purchased surface water
11	City of Tye	Taylor	1,176	Community	Purchased surface water
12	Blair WSC	Taylor	957	Community	Purchased surface water
13	Silo Rv Resort	Taylor	720	Transient non-community	Purchased surface water
14	City of Lawn	Taylor	660	Community	Purchased surface water
15	Tpwd Abilene State Park	Taylor	408	Transient non-community	Purchased surface water
16	City of Trent	Taylor	368	Community	Purchased surface water
17	Butman Methodist Encampment	Taylor	330	Transient non-community	Groundwater
18	Buffalo Gap Wind Farm	Taylor	44	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
19	Arrington Services	Taylor	25	Transient non-community	Purchased surface water